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Something needs to be done about Nasus' gameplay health

SaberofSpades·3/28/2017, 6:29:28 AM·1 votes·462 views

Everything about him feels like it's reliant on the jungler's attention. If no pressure it put on him and his lane opponent isn't a hard counter, he is pretty much gauranteed to win his lane regardless of how the first ten minutes might go. If he's camped, he has no fun and is a useless pile of shit.

Not to mention he has the same problem that many assassins did. Fighting a Nasus is anything but fun and there's not much counterplay besides trying to cut his sustain and maybe getting Boots of Swiftness. There isn't a whole lot of skill, interesting visuals or otherwise that go into how he fights. Most of the time he's fighting, his opponent is slowed by an insane percentage and he's just chunking them with Q until they die or he dies.

He's boring to play, boring to play against, visually bland and seriously doesn't mesh well with solo queue considering how much teamwork really goes into shutting him down. Not that teamwork should be discouraged. I'd just like it if I didn't feel this sensation of helplessness whenever I face Nasus and I'm not like... Teemo.

Riot has been reworking older characters, Nasus could use at least a refresher.

3 Comments

Ravenous Howls3/29/2017, 3:27:51 PM2 votes

Riot already gave him a full VGU in November of 2013. They reduced his wither range from 700 to 600 and halved the AS slow from 95% to 47%. He may be the only juggernaut who infinitely scales but he also has no mobility, like Garen, Yorick and Trundle do. No Hard CC like Garen and Darius and does not benefit from BC, which when the armor shred is proc'd benefits everyone on their team not just the one who built it.

All of your points are opinions and have little to do with any hard concrete evidence that Nasus is not performing in his intended task or design. You could easily relate any of your points to any champion in the game. How fun is it to be bursted from 100-0 from a stealthed Rengar or Kha? How about a lethality adc that just right clicks you to death regardless of health and resistances and who is super tanky abusing Black Cleaver, an item that was made for bruisers and fighters?

There are plenty of melee and ranged champions that can easily beat him in lane or in roaming to make sure their team gets rolling before Nasus can.

Jbels3/28/2017, 10:57:02 AM1 votes

People don't seem to realize that he's the only Juggernaut with infinitely scaling damage, and on top of that, the fastest at taking towers in the mid game (INCLUDING YORICK)